24] Peace vigil at the White House – Dec. 30
25] Women in Black vigil -- Dec. 30
26] Phone bank for Virginian Democrat -- Dec. 30 - 31
27]
Petition for Medicare for All – Dec. 31
28] Get over to the food pantry – Dec. 31
29] Occupy Biden – Dec. 31
30] Join the Peace
School – Jan. 1
31] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
32] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
33]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
34] Do you need a doctor?
35]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
36]
Do
you need any book shelves?
37] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
38] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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24] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a
peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Dec. 30
at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic
Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
25] –Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Baltimore Women in Black vigil for peace with men and women who live in Roland Park. WIB invites all to join, and any peace sign is welcome, such as "Defuse Nuclear War." The vigil takes place outside Roland Park Place at the corner of West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.
26] –Phone bank for Aaron Rouse for Virginia State Senate on Mon., Dec. 26, Tues., Dec. 27, Wed., Dec. 28, Thurs., Dec. 29, Fri., Dec. 30 and Sat., Dec. 31 from 6 to 8 PM ET. The phone bank will continue through Tues., Jan. 10. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/544489/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
27] – The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists of America [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] hopes you are interested in MEDICARE 4 ALL. The group intends to collect more petition signatures for M4A Alexandria on Sat., Dec. 31 from 10 AM to noon ET. Meet at the Old Town Farmer's Market, 301 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314. Send an email if you can participate.
28] – On Sat., Dec. 31 from noon to 2 PM EST, get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a treat. Contributions of shelf stable foods can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to the church. How else can you help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those you know who are facing food insecurity. See https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.
29] – Beyond Extreme Energy [info@beyondextremeenergy.org] is asking you to join Occupy Biden on Sat., Dec. 31 from 2 PM to midnight ET. Tell Biden to declare a climate emergency. The occupation will start at 909 Centre Road, Wilmington, DE. At 5 PM march down Barley Mill Road to get as close to Biden’s house as possible for a candlelight vigil. Email Ted Glick at indpol@igc.org.
30] – On Sun., Jan. 1 at 10 AM ET, The Peace School invites you to begin the New Year with wishes, thoughts or prayers for peace in all countries of the world. The morning includes Peace Breathing, the Call to Peace, Master Kim's New Year message and a chance to chat after the online program. It's a lovely way to open the New Year with peace. Go to the Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87698326151?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=53d3f8bf-2b13-4888-8052-a8f2dbda4286#success.
31] – If you are able to donate any kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please email Brendan.walls@seaseton.org or call 410-721-5770 x231. There is a colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.
32] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
33] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. Dave has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7.
Dave just printed 50 new copies of For All the Saints, a Protest Primer- 250+ pp w photos-therefore #'s 351-400 making it o so collectable with two Berrigan book reviews added. The books are signed, and the price remains $25. Will send free if need b- he is not in it for the money! If you want one, send him a check: or contact Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218 by email at 1941mireille@gmail.com .
34] – Yousef Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
35] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
36] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
37] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees. This is an historic window of opportunity. With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.
38] – A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
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